Berrie, Lyra, Oggs (and Zeb?) chat thread

[LyraSilvertongue]

Hi, hope you find this thread. The old one was too big.
Varifocals eh? Not sure I'd fancy that.
DP took me out to lunch today, to The Ivy. Twas really nice, good food and service, great decor, lovely stained glass windows. I only saw one sleb - Trisha Goddard with (I presume) her daughter.
I had seared scallops with bacon, followed by the rib-eye with chips and creamed spinach (with too much nutmeg in it).
It's been a funny old week. The house is a tip because I've hardly been in it (except to catch up on sleep). We're off on holiday on Saturday morning and I've organised nothing. Gulp!

Oh I see...could have been anything!

Morning

Had been down 4lb all week at 14 1 but dh fed me pizza last night (and have been boozing all week) and this morning I weighed in at 14 3. This is a total loss of 2 lb. And I've eaten next to nothing aaaaallll week! It doesn't feel worth it to be honest.

I feel the same this morning. Stick at it.
Here's a little something to cheer you up

and here and here and here.

Swoon

I had to print that last one out!

Did you know Dr Who was on the last two episodes of The Sarah Jane Chronicals? On IPlayer now. It was the first time I've really enjoyed watching something with ds. (We vet Dr Who's first)

Re diet...I am torn between saying sod it, I'll have a muffin and Right I'll try even harder. How much have you lost? Two weeks now for you isn't it? Do you think the booze makes so much difference?

Sorry about apostrophe crime Lyra.

You are not supposed o do without breakfast are you....never get hungry until after I've eaten though...

Could do an Oggs and have some bacon...

Do you think the 2 lb was just the food in my stomach this morning? Will I be back down again tomorrow if I eat little again today or did the wine pile it on...Dh was only 1lb up with a total loss of 4lb...not that I am obsessing or anything...

2 slices of bacon
1 scrambled egg

humph!

Berrie, the wine's the problem. There's around 600 calories in every bottle. Cut that and you should lose weight as long as you increase your water intake too.
And no more cheating! That means no pizza.

But I reckon I could afford 600 calories! Except on pizza day and chocolate biscuit day... I like the way you knew not to tell me about how many calories there were in a glass Lushes the lot of us!

Did you keep all that weight you lost off?

It's crept up a little bit, a few pounds, since I started drinking vast quantities of wine again and haven't been exercising every day. I'm going to resume my regime this week before I regain any more.
That involves at least 10 mins of toning exercise per day and switching from wine to rum and diet coke with lots of ice and lime juice.

Rum makes me feel sick...so does whiskey though I like it. S'gonna have to be gin or brandy for me then. Trouble is, I'm not so sure when to stop with spirits. Guess I'll have to learn.

I find spirits don't bloat me the way wine does. Also they contain half the calories of wine if you use a slimline mixer.

Ok consultant's secratary just rang. The radiographer flagged up my scan and I have to go and have an operation tomorrow under general anaesthetic.
I've done shock, I've done boo hooing, I am anticipating anger that it has taken this long. I am currently panicing about making arrangements. Dh has no holidays left, I won't be able to drive for 6 weeks, I won't therefore be able to work....we have no money.

Don't need to lose weight for my back though so am going to stuff my face, it might be my last meal........nope no tears that time, I must have moved on.

Wow, it must be serious then. for you that the docs have been fobbing you off for so long when there was clearly a big problem.
Can your parents help? How long do they expect you to be in hospital?

btw, what was the diagnosis?

oh!
(((((((((((hugs))))))))))
How long will you be in? What is the op? When is op? What time are you nil by mouth from??

I have a large bulging disk...prolapsed disc I think. I'm having (a) micro discectomy. I will be in 1-3 days, I have to be careful for 2 weeks and I cannot drive for 6. No idea what will happen about work.
I've not googled it yet.
Nil by mouth from midnight. What shall I have for my last meal?
I have to ring in the morning to see if they have a bed, trouble is I can't remember whether it was 8.45 or 7.45.am

Oh and I'm going to have several hundred calories worth of wine soon!

No wonder you were in so much pain. Just think, this time tomorrow you copuld be fixed. No more back pain!

Discectomy - does hat mean they're going to remove the disc? What will they put in its place?

Thank goodness they are finally doing something!
Ring them at 7:45am. You can always ring back later if it's too early. Better that than missing a bed.
What did you decide on for eats?

No alcohol in caravan or I'd join you

Try not to worry. Everyone will manage just fine, and you'll soon be on the mend.